House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Veteran Entrepreneurs Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 28, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 28, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4473.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 193, November 28, 2017, Page H9468):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 301 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4473, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4473
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
33 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 19 Democrats
19 of 33 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), John Katko (R-NY), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Jared Polis (D-CO), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Mike Thompson (D-CA) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Claudia Tenney.
- H.R. 1690 (115th) Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act
- H.R. 3971 (115th) Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017
- H.R. 5723 (115th) Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018
- H.R. 5076 (115th) Small Bank Exam Cycle Improvement Act of 2018
- H.R. 4758 (115th) FOMC Policy Responsibility Act
- H.R. 3889 (115th) WHEEL Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.